Winner of Viking Classic Plays TaylorMade® r7® 425 driver, New Burner® 3-Wood and Wears adidas® Golf Footwear
CARLSBAD, Calif. (September 22nd, 2008) – TaylorMade-adidas Golf Tour Staff Professional Matt Bettencourt shot a final-round 69 at Shadow Hills Country Club to win the Nationwide Tour Oregon Classic for his first professional title. Bettencourt, who played TaylorMade equipment and wore adidas footwear and apparel, posted a tournament-record 19-under 269 total.
Bettencourt used his TaylorMade Tour Burner driver off the tee, his r7 TP irons to hit greens and his Rossa® Itsy Bitsy Monza® Spider to sink putts. He also relied on the performance of his TaylorMade TP Red® golf ball with Low Drag Performance, a proprietary aerodynamics technology developed to help golfers achieve longer average driving distance by promoting improved distance on off-center hits. Learn more.
It was also the third worldwide Tour victory for the TaylorMade Rossa Itsy Bitsy Monza Spider Putter, a midsize mallet designed to perform much like the Monza Spider, an oversize mallet putter launched early this year that immediately captured the attention of PGA Tour professionals and amateur golfers alike. Learn more about the Itsy Bitsy Monza Spider.
With the win and the $90,000 winner’s check, Bettencourt moved to No. 19 on the Nationwide Tour money list. The 25 top money-winners at the end of the year will earn their PGA TOUR cards for 2009.
To date, TaylorMade drivers have been No. 1 every week on the Nationwide Tour. TaylorMade has been the number one driver and fairway wood played on the Nationwide Tour in 2008.*
In Bettencourt’s bag:
Driver: Tour Burner driver
Fairway Wood: Burner 3- and 5-wood
Hybrid: Burner Rescue® hybrid utility club
Irons: r7 3-6 irons and rac™ forged MB 7-9 irons
Putter: Rossa Itsy Bitsy Monza Spider
Ball: TP Red LDP
adidas Golf footwear and apparel
In Madison Mississippi, the winner of the Viking Classic played a TaylorMade r7 425 driver, a Burner 3-wood and wore adidas Golf footwear to win his second PGA Tour victory.
TaylorMade was the No.1 driver, fairways and iron played at the Viking Classic. **
* = Darrel Survey brand counts for the Oregon Classic
** = Darrel Survey brand counts for the Viking Classic
About Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc. dba TaylorMade-adidas Golf Company
TaylorMade Golf has led the golf industry’s technological revolution since the company was founded in 1979. TaylorMade metalwoods, irons and putters have been used to win hundreds of professional golf tournaments around the world. In 1998, TaylorMade became a wholly owned subsidiary of the adidas Group. adidas Golf footwear and apparel is the choice of hundreds of professional golfers around the world. Learn more about TaylorMade-adidas Golf and its brands at (866) 530-TMAG (8624) orwww.taylormadegolf.com , www.adidasgolf.com or www.tmag.com .
About the adidas Group
The adidas Group is one of the global leaders within the sporting goods industry, offering a broad range of products around three core segments such as adidas, Reebok and TaylorMade-adidas Golf. Headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Germany, the Group has more than 33,000 employees and sales of ?10.3 billion.
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Scott Leightman
Tel: 760.476.5748
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John Steinbach
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